§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what arrangements are in hand to ensure that local authorities would be alerted at the earliest opportunity if an emergency, involving radiation, was possibly going to affect their area.
§ Mr. Michael SpicerI have been asked to reply.
All licensed nuclear sites must have detailed emergency plans in place. These plans, which are regularly tested in the presence of the NII, include procedures for alerting local authorities.
§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether the national response plan would become operational in the United Kingdom were an accident, involving radiation, to occur inside the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Michael SpicerI have been asked to reply.
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for Bedfordshire, North (Sir T. Skeet) by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 30 June 1987, at columns 65–67.
§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the outcome of the review of evacuation zones in relation to emergencies at nuclear plants; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Michael SpicerI have been asked to reply.
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr. Ashdown) by my hon. Friend the Member for Eddisbury (Mr. Goodlad) on 22 April 1987 at column 534.